This was my first Aunt Dimity book and I'm already in love with the characters, premise, and setting of the series. It's not often that you find a happily married mother as a heroine; that, and the fact that they're set in England, is what really attracted me in the first place.

This particular mystery was fun as my husband and I having a growing interest in archaeology having watched the first 15 seasons of Time Team on YouTube. Also set in England, the team is always finding neat artifacts like those involved in this story.

I love reading cozy mysteries but find it difficult to find clean ones. I picked this one up at our local library, taking a chance that it would be ok. I was pleasantly surprised as, for the most part, there wasn't much in it that was objectionable. After reading reviews on the series as a whole, it sounds like most are not murder mysteries and that most readers are finding them to be clean. I've got books one and two on reserve at a local library and will give them a go, too. ( )

This is the very meaning of British cozy. Great beach read. Will keep you guessing but won't distract you ( )

This is one of those books I read because I've been reading the series from the start and a certain amount of loyalty is involved. As with a lot of series, it started off strong, but has levelled off over the years to become gentle stories that resemble morality tales.

Lori stumbles across an old piece of jewellery in her attic one day, resulting in a search for the man who gave it to Dimity, back after WWII, while in the village, the good people discover the joys and pitfalls of metal detecting.

Recent books in the series were getting on my nerves because Lori was gullible and tended to jump to the most ridiculous conclusions imaginable, but this time around she was far more competent and rational; there was still a level of anxiety, but it was much more believable.

Atherton has an incredible way of bringing wartime London to life and I think it is this more than anything that keeps me coming back every year for the next book. ( )

3 overall, sweet story ( )

Well-written cozy mystery with lots going on the village of Finch; new homeowners, new hobbies, broken blenders, and a bracelet Lori finds in her attic. The bracelet begins a search in London for an old friend of Aunt Dimity’s from shortly after the Blitz. Well-written with characters galore and a quest of an Anglo Saxon treasure. ( )